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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1947
Page
13
Winchester police report 190 arrests in July the second highest monthly total in 1947. Drunkenness leads with 55 cases and nine arrests were for drunken driving. First seven months tally 1079 arrests as meter violations fall to 134.
Police reports indicate ninety individuals were confined in the City Hall Bridge lockup in July, according to Sgt. Rudolph.
The Rev. Forrest B. Oglesby, named by Bishop Peele as Winchester District Methodist superintendent, will assume duties next Friday. He and his family will move to the district parsonage on Fairmont Ave. next Thursday, coming from Fort Hill Methodist Church in Lynchburg.
Henry T Hardenburg secretary of the Winchester Chamber of Commerce will attend a regional meeting of secretaries of chambers of commerce. The event aims to discuss regional commerce matters and cooperative efforts among local business groups.
The Cullinan diamond was named in honor of Thomas Cullinan, president of Premier Mining Company of South Africa, who oversaw its discovery in 1905 at the Premier mine. It later was sold to the government of the colony and sent to King Edward VII of Britain as gratitude for his support of the colony’s constitution.
A two day meeting of the Virginia Turkey Growers Ass honored Charles W. Wampler Sr a Virginia poultry proster and Sunny Slope farm host to 150 attendees from eight states. Mrs Wampler and he entertained the group after the sessions contributing to a technical discussion of turkey problems.
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